The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Corman trails that of 87% of Canadian towns
Before tax, the typical household in Corman brought in $69,700 in 2020, next to $85,900 for the middle of Canadian towns. In May 2021, unemployment in Corman reached 15%; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%. On average, people in Corman spend 26.3 minutes getting to work, next to 26 for the middle of Canadian towns.
The short version on work in Corman
Fewer people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 64% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 46%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 7.6% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 15%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Half of households had more than $69,700 before tax in 2020, where the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
On jobs and income, Corman grades D
Better than 12% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #727 of 866 in Ontario.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
Graded against Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more; less unemployment and a shorter commute count in its favour.
How the grade works
Census 2021 measures, weighed equally against every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 people or more: the share of residents aged 15 to 64 in work, median household income (2020), the unemployment rate and the average commute. Each becomes a percentile; their average sets the letter.
In Corman, 64% of the working-age population has a job
Of the 105 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Hamilton census division, 30 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 54%. Counting retirees, 46% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. A more recent figure, for the wider area: 61% in work in October 2026, by the Labour Force Survey. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: people in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64, and the census unemployment rate (15 and over); the 25-to-54 rate is Statistics Canada’s own (98-10-0485). The Labour Force Survey and business counts are context, not grade inputs.
Household income in Corman
Before tax, 2020: lower than in 67% of Canadian towns.
The middle of Ontario’s towns is $91,600, and Corman is 24% below it. 83 of the 105 other places of 2,500+ in the Hamilton census division have a higher median. Because 2020 was the first year of the pandemic, emergency benefits make up part of these before-tax incomes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
On foot, by bike, bus or train: 9.2% of Corman’s commuters
Fewer worked at home than in the middle of Canadian towns: 17% against 21%. By bus, train or subway: 7.3%, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Driving takes 89% of commuters to work; the middle of Ontario’s towns has 88%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
In the Hamilton census division, 38% more people receive EI than in 2019
Roughly 4.1 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 rose by 1%. The highest month was January 2021: 30,560 people, 3.3 times the 2019 level.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Not measured by town: EI beneficiaries (the Hamilton census division). EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Corman on foot: a A grade
Better than 90% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #399 of 866 in Ontario.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Canadian towns of 4,600 to 8,900, and where Corman sits
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 3 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 6 | Sioux Lookout Ontario | 6,122 | 79% | 5.7% | $103K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 8 | Island Park-Wellington Village Ontario | 5,486 | 81% | 7% | $161K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 22 | Alta Vista Ontario | 8,387 | 78% | 8.3% | $138K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 632 | Pleasant Hill Saskatchewan | 6,088 | 51% | 16% | $50K | D |
| 633 | Val-des-Sources Quebec | 7,303 | 68% | 9.3% | $48K | D |
| 634 | Corman Ontario | 6,566 | 64% | 15% | $70K | D |
| 635 | Thunder Bay, Unorganized Ontario | 6,831 | 67% | 11% | $82K | D |
| 636 | Saint-Jude Quebec | 7,364 | 76% | 8.1% | $59K | D |
| … | ||||||
| 700 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Corman, and others among Ontario’s towns.
How the places next to Corman compare on work
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corman | 64% | 15% | $70K | 26.3 min | D | A |
| Kentley 1 km | 61% | 15% | $54K | 27 min | D− | A+ |
| Battlefield 1.2 km | 69% | 14% | $62K | 27.1 min | D | A |
| Vincent 1.4 km | 66% | 14% | $87K | 30.5 min | C− | B+ |
| Red Hill 1.7 km | 65% | 13% | $77K | 27.4 min | C− | B |
| Glenview West 1.7 km | 72% | 11% | $77K | 27 min | C | A |
| Mcquesten West 1.8 km | 57% | 18% | $58K | 28.6 min | D− | A+ |
The people of each place: the share in work, unemployment, household income and the average commute, with both grades once they come.
What this data can and can’t tell you
What each figure measures for Corman, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. The census asks how long the trip to work usually takes, in bands; our average uses each band’s middle, so it runs a little above Statistics Canada’s timed average.
- Employment Insurance. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not the town.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. Unemployed people over the labour force (in work or looking), aged 15 and over, on census day.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
- Neighbourhood figures. Commuting flows and Statistics Canada’s timed averages stop at the municipality, so Hamilton’s page carries them; Corman’s own figures sum its dissemination areas.
Questions about work in Corman
What is the unemployment rate in Corman?
In October 2026 the Labour Force Survey put the Hamilton metro area at 7.6%; the 2021 census, which counts the town itself, found 15%, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
What is the average household income in Corman?
The median household in Corman had $69,700 before tax in 2020, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Corman get to work?
Driving takes 89% of commuters to work, 7.3% take public transit and 1.9% walk, and on census day 17% of those in work were at home.
How many jobs are there in Corman?
There is no count for a neighbourhood: the jobs figure, and where commuters go, are published for Hamilton as one municipality.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · Statistics Canada, table 14-10-0323 (EI beneficiaries) · Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (14-10-0459, 14-10-0462) · Statistics Canada, Canadian Business Counts (33-10-1176) · grades: TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).